Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Fact-checkers at Politifact say RFK Jr.’s presidential campaign of conspiracy theories, mainly about health topics, is ‘Lie of the Year’
Politifact is a fact-checking service of The Poynter Institute, a foundation for journalism that says it is “an instructor, innovator, convener and resource for anyone who aspires to engage and...
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Flu, Covid-19 and RSV rates are so high that the CDC has issued a health advisory urging more Americans to get vaccinated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by Kentucky health departments — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — continue to pile...
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness went up 10% in latest weekly report; hospitalizations for flu and RSV inched up
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s latest weekly respiratory report shows Covid-19 virus activity is moderate, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity is increasing, and...
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness in Kentucky went up for the sixth week in a row, as hospitalizations saw a slight dip
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As we head into the full swing of the holiday season and people start to gather indoors to celebrate while taking fewer precautions to...
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You can get four more free at-home tests for Covid-19, and if you didn’t get four already, you can get eight of them, starting Monday
By The Associated Press Americans can order more free Covid-19 tests online for home delivery starting Monday. The U.S. government is offering to send another round of four at-home virus...
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A warning for the holidays: The risk of getting Covid-19 in a crowded indoor setting is still very high, state health chief says
The novel coronavirus, Covid-19, is not so novel anymore, but it remains the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and will be a threat as families gather...
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State’s weekly respiratory-virus update shows hospitalizations of Kentucky children for RSV are increasing
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s weekly respiratory virus update, released Thursday, Nov. 2, showed that Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity was...
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Flu and RSV cases increasing in Kentucky, but Covid-19 cases are still by far the leader in lab tests and emergency-room visits
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s weekly Respiratory Virus Update, released Thursday, Oct. 26 showed that Covid-19 activity was moderate, and influenza and respiratory syncytial...
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A Covid-19 reporter gets the disease, and learns some lessons
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern For more than three years, I’ve written about Covid-19. The people who caught it and those who kept it longer than they should have. The...
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Beshear defends pandemic work as Cameron cites learning loss, makes false claim about founder of Planned Parenthood
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In their next-to-last debate before the Nov. 7 election, Gov. Andy Beshear defended his response to the Covid-19 pandemic against criticism from Republican...